anat & phys: roots, prefixes, and suffixes (plegia, zyg)

quiz 9/11

\-plegia

paralyze, stroke

pneumo-

air, gas, lungs

\-poiesis

make, formation of

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before in time, place

pro-

before in time, place

pseudo-

false

quad-

fourfold

rami-

branch

rect-

straight

reno-

kidney

retro-

backward, behind

sclera-

hard

semi-

half

serrate-

saw-edged

somato-

body

steno-

narrow

sterno-

breast, chest

stria-

stripe

sub-

under

super-, supra-

above, upper

sym-, syn-

together, with

tachy-

fast

therm-

heat

thorac-

chest

thrombo-

blood clot

\-tomy

cut, incise

topo-

place, position

trans-

across

tri-

three

\-tropic

influencing

tunica-

layer, coat

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one

\-uria

urine

vas-

vessel

vertebra-

spine

villo-

hair

viscer-

internal organ

zyg-

yoked, paired, union